Last October, the Literary Happy Hour reading series tasked me with presenting a piece on the subject of fear. I read a short story about marriage—to be fair, that’s a real fear of mine. What I was working on was this essay about a woman’s fear of not speaking up, now up on Vol. 1 … Continue reading Glossophobia

This past Saturday marked the four-year anniversary of my brother's sudden death. I dedicated the morning to remembrance, honoring my brother the best way I knew how: reading Raymond Carver's "Where I'm Calling From" and listening to "Idaho" by Down Like Silver. I spent the evening with my sister, and in between watching 90s feel … Continue reading When Remembering is an Object

I traveled to Portland on Friday to host a Joyland PNW reading at the Portland Lit Crawl. This was my second Lit Crawl event this fall and second time hosting on behalf of Joyland PNW. As host, I wanted to address the question I'm asking as I read submissions to this region's section in Joyland. … Continue reading What is PNW Lit? A Redux

I'm popping up at a few readings this fall and hope to see y'all there! October 19th: I'm reading at and hosting the Joyland PNW reading at Lit Crawl Seattle. The event will be at Pine Box at 8:00pm. As host, I hope to give some insight into the question I been wrestling with this … Continue reading Upcoming Literary Happenings

The thoughtful and terrific Jane Hodges, founder of the Mineral School residency in Mineral, Washington, kindly asked me to be the subject of their blog interviews last month. I completely forgot to re-post until now. Better late than never! The interview goes into what I'm writing, who I'm reading, where I'm volunteering, and my hot … Continue reading Blog on my Blog